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Birding Reports => Southern Ontario Reports => Topic started by: Cody on August 25, 2010, 12:47:21 PM

Title: Brantford Blackbird Flock
Post by: Cody on August 25, 2010, 12:47:21 PM

While on my way home from the Windsor Airshow Sunday night, I saw a large flock of approximately 2000 Blackbirds with some Swallows mixed in. They appeared to be mostly Grackles and Red-winged Blackbirds. This was on the 403 1KM South of the big white Brantford City Tower.



Cody

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Post by: thouc on August 29, 2010, 11:22:17 AM

Yesterday along 401 near Woodstock there was an enormous blackbird flock, maybe a kilometer long and probably containing more than 10,000 birds.

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Post by: Cody on August 30, 2010, 12:13:55 AM

Wow, thats huge!   I also saw a flying group of 5-6 shorebirds 5 minutes outside of Chatham where the railway tracks and Corn field are (not a great description :lol: )  Not sure what they were. Also in the distance I could see another big flock of Blackbirds flying but nothing huge.

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Post by: Axeman on August 30, 2010, 06:07:26 PM

Quote from: "thouc"

Yesterday along 401 near Woodstock there was an enormous blackbird flock, maybe a kilometer long and probably containing more than 10,000 birds.

Wouldn't want to be standing under that cloud !